The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-01-29
Platform Echoes.
John B. Coughs last and best boz

volume Is the last book written by
the world-famous John B. Cough
and was completed by him just pre-
vious to his death. Every one is
familiar with the story Of his early
life, and of his rescue from drunk
ARDS grave, and how this once
wretched and despised sot became
one of the most famous men of our
times. For seven years. he stood
amid the horrors of delirium tire.
mems, an ahject slave to the bottle;
and his condition and wretched ap.
pearance were such as to cause peo-
pie to excl i'm, "There's the man who
has been in hell. The rich and poor,
the high, the low, the learned and
unlearned, have been alike thrilled
and moved by his burning words.
lie sWayed brilliant audiences of
royalty and fashion; spoke in State
prisons, jails, pOor-h0uses, peniten-
tiarieS, reform schools and houses of
correction; to the deaf, and dumb,
and blind to audiences composed
wholly of outcasts and to audiences
numbering thousands of children.
AT his feet more than ten million
people sat and listened in admiration
and wonder. In his library may be
seen set of large volumes-a far
better memorial CT his life and labors
than any monument of marble or
brOnze-containing the original sig
natures of one hundred and fifty
thousand men and women who were
induced to sign the pledge through
his personal efforts. These names
many of them tear-bedewed and
written with trembling hand-repre-
sent stories of happiness and woe, of
ruin and remorse, of blighted hope,
and wasted lives, of battles fought
and victory won. To give some of
these thrilling life histories; to de-
pict scenes of Joy and sadness to lift
the curtain on life's stage and show
its tragedy and comedy land to draw
"living truths" from the lessons thus
taught, and bring them home to every
heart, is the prime object of this
volume. 1t also contains the history
Of Mr.. Coughs life and career, from
the CRADLE to the grave, and the
story of his death told by Rev. DR..
Lyman Abbott, the eminent editor
and divine.
platform Echoes" is John B.
Cough in print. Stranger stories are
here told than romance ever dreamed
of, every one of them drawn from
real life by master hand. In every
chapter he weaves in anecdote after
anecdote, incident after incident,
story after story. and underneath
them all lie "Living Truths" that
stand out as beacon lights. He plays
upon the readers feelings as with an
enchanter's wand, at one time filling
his heart with gladness, at another
binding his eyes with tears. At his
bidding, hearts are melted, and stern,
strong men, as well as sensitive wo-
men, weep tears of compassion, are
aroused to indignation, or moved to
uncomfortable laughter in spite of
every effort TO control their feelings.
Its illustrations are the best we
have ever seen. 1t contains two hum
dred and twenty.seven fine engrav-
ings by the best artists and engrav-
ers in the world. Many of these illus
trations are "too funny for any
thing" while Others depict wretch
edness and woe. Sixteen of these
engravings are full-page ones. and
are magnificent specimens of art.
Two hundred and nine are text illus.
trations. There are two fine steel
plate portraits. One is from life
size, full length painting, showing
Mr.. Cough as he appeared shortly
after his rescue. The other is from a
photograph taken just before his
death. All in all, 1t is one of the
finest ever produced by the Ameri-
can press.
We advise our readers to buy Plat
form Echoes at the first opportunity.
They can. in our opinion, much bet
ter afford to dispense with dozen
other books than NOT possess this.
Once begun 1t will not willingly be
laid aside till the last page is finished.
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